Am I the only one who has never owned a Merkur 34C? I've used the Merkur HD open comb (11C) and the HD slant bar and the barber pole slant bar, but never the 34C.
Is this true of the two piece Merkurs as well?No, you are not the only one. I have never owned one either but I am curious to try one someday. I like my 37C (and my vintage Pomco slant) but I'm not a fan of the way the newer Merkur razors have zamac threaded posts. The threads are cast/molded rather than machined. The older Merkur had brass post that was machined and welded to the zamac cap. The threads are the first place where moisture is likely to get thru the plating and start rotting out the zamac. Just seems like a dumb place for them to cut corners.
Yes. I recently purchased a two piece and sent this picture of what I consider to be a defective/shoddy part to Merkur support and they replied that this is normal. That the entire cap, rod and threads are cast of Zamac and that's why you see the seam and the flat sides of the threaded portion.Is this true of the two piece Merkurs as well?
Wow. I pulled out my 10+ year old Gold Slant HD 37G and it looks fine. Definitely not cast. I was thinking about buying a gold 34G to go with it. May have to re-think that. Sigh. Should have kept the 11CYes. I recently purchased a two piece and sent this picture of what I consider to be a defective/shoddy part to Merkur support and they replied that this is normal. That the entire rod and threads are cast of Zamac and that's why you see the seam and the flat sides of the threaded portion. Merkur support also said the mark where the plating is missing is normal because that's where they clamp on the electrode when plating.
I was gobsmacked that they would consider this shoddy quality part to up their current standards. My older Merkur (both 2 piece and 3 piece) are not like this and have the threads cut all the way around a round brass rod that is spot welded to the cap prior to plating.
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The threaded post on one of mine in heavy used condition looks like brass showing through some plate loss.Is this true of the two piece Merkurs as well?
Yours looks exactly like mine, except I have the gold finish. Even the weld looks the same. I think I got mine like 12 years ago; maybe even more.The threaded post on one of mine in heavy used condition looks like brass showing through some plate loss.
Years of wear and tear and threads are just fine -- I wish I had a better photo.
Seems impractical to cast a long stud out of zamak. Have there been outright failures?
I reckon the older semi-vintage (early 2000s?) are better.
Never heard of a gold 1906 open comb. Sounds classy.Correction - I also have the open comb 1906 Merkur. Aggressive little sucker, but nice looking.
As their various models are actually just 2 or 3 piece versions of the same SB and OC head, you really didn't miss out on anything.Am I the only one who has never owned a Merkur 34C? I've used the Merkur HD open comb (11C) and the HD slant bar and the barber pole slant bar, but never the 34C.